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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. GALE, OF NORTHVILLE, NEV YORK.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,671, dated J' anuary 5, 1892. Application led September 17, 1891. Serial No. 405,991. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

1t known that I, CHARLES E. GALE, a cltizen of the United States of America," residing at Northville, in the county of Fulton and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns; and I do hereby declare the following to lbe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

This invention relates to improvements in churns, and has for its object to provide a churn which is simple and cheap in construction and which can be operated with a minimum expenditure of power; and the invention consists in the construction and combination ofthe parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective View of a churn constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the line xm of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View.

A and A refer to the standards, which form bearings for the rotary churn-body and for the driving-shaft. idly connected to each other at their lower ends by a cross-piece B and at their upper ends by a shaft B', which has suitable collars or shoulders for holding said standards in proper position with respect to each other. One end of the shaft B is key-ended beyond the vertically-adjustable bearing or box b, said box being held normally depressed by a spring upon which bears a set-screw b. To the outer end of the shaft is secured a crankhandle C. This shaft carries a friction-wheel D, which engages with a circular disk attached to one side of the churn-body E, said churn-body being supported upon gudgeons e and e', the gudgeon e being hollow, for the purpose hereinafter set forth. The lower cross-piece B is provided with Wheels b2, which These standards are rigare' secured to anaxle carrying uprights connected by a transverse bar upon which a lever c rests when in engagement with a staple d', attached to the cross-piece. The outer or free end of this lever is adapted to beengaged by a turn-button carried by the standard A, and when said lever is held depressed by this turn-button the wheels will be projected and the stan dard A elevated from the door, so that the churn can be readily moved from place to place. IVhen the lever is outof engagement with the turn-button, the feet of the standard will rest upon the floor.

The rotary churn-body is preferably made hexagonal, as shown, and is provided on one side with a disk F, with the periphery of which the friction-Wheell) engages, and to the gudgeons or supports e and e', which project within the churn-body, is secured a short shaft f, which is tapered at one end, while the opposite end is bifurcated and perforated for attachment with the inner end of the gudgeon e. This short cent-ral shaft is apertured longitudinally for part of its distance and perforated transversely, so as to provide, with the hollow gudgeon e', means for Ventilating the contents of the churn. The shortA shaft can be readily attached and detached, and to this shaft are attached by means of Wires one or more spheres or globes I-I, which may be either of heavy material or weighted, or of material of less specific gravity than cream. These spheres or globes may be attached or hung directly upon the shaft, or one of them may be secured to the shaft and the other hung upon the connecting means.

The churn is provided with an outletbpening I and a cover K, the cover being provided With a gasket to provide a tight joint, a slightly-bowed bar k being provided having reduced ends which engage with brackets attached to the churn-body, so that when the handle attached to the bar is elevated it may be readily passed over the top and under the brackets, and when turned to present the handle parallel with the cover it will exert a spring-pressure upon the cover and retain it securely in place.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- IOO l. The combination, With a churn having a rotary body, of a disk 1*,rigidlyattached to said body, standards A and A', carrying at their upper ends a shaft having a friction-Wheel D, and crank-handle, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, With a churn having a rotary body, of supporting-standards apertured to form bearings for supports e and e', carried by the churn-body, one of said supports being hollow, a central shaft f, also hollow, to connect with the support e, and means for connecting the central shaft to the support e, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a rotary churn-body supported by standards, substantially as shown, of gudgeons e and e', rigidly `attached to the churn-body and movable in the standards, one of the gudgeons having a socketed inner end and the other a reduced end, a removable shaft f, secured thereto, and spheres H, connected to the shaft, substantially as set forth.

Ll. In combination with a churn-body carrying gudgeons e and e', which are removably secured thereto, the gudgeon e being longitudinally apertured and provided with an inner socketed end, a gudgeon e, having a transverse aperture, a central shaft f, having ends for engagement with the gudgeons e and e', said shaft having a transverse aperture connected With a longitudinal aperture therein, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signatu re in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. GALE.

Witnesses:

JOHN PATTERSON, lNELSON WHITMAN. 

